Every RCSA MHS student, parent and staff member was invited to a Thanksgiving Dinner Monday. Families celebrated the holiday season and formed closer bonds between friends, students and teachers.

Last year, the Downtown Rotary chartered an Interact Club at RCSA Middle-High. Interact is the junior division of the international Rotary Club, dedicated to service. This month, the Interact Club completed two service projects to help those in need near and far. First, each homeroom collected donations of toiletry items to send to Puerto Rico….

Dozens of veterans and service members from the school community came out to the Innovation, Elementary and Mandarin campuses for a Veteran’s Day Appreciation Breakfast. At Innovation, about sixty parents, grandparents and students shared breakfast. The breakfast was follow by energetic assemblies for all students, led by veterans and active duty representatives from the Navy,…

In honor of Veteran’s Day, RCSA Middle High celebrated its military families with a breakfast. All active duty and veteran parents and staff were invited to attend. Multiple parents representing the Army and Navy joined their students for breakfast, as well as two guests from Naval Station Mayport. Master Chief Petty Officer Monica Sherrill spoke…

RCSA Middle High hosted picnics for its students, parents, teachers and staff the past two Saturdays. Families met at Drew Park to mingle, eat and enjoy the outdoors. Students and siblings enjoyed barbecue, played games and even competed in sack races.

Packs of parents joined students and teachers at RCSA Innovation Tuesday night for STEM Night. Families explored several different interactive stations run by school staff and students. They got hands-on experience in coding, building bridges and running electrical currents. They learned about perimeter, density, energy and force. The green screen photo booth was a crowd…

RCSA Mandarin officially celebrated the opening of its new building Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Dozens of community members and leaders joined RCSA staff and students for the grand opening, hosted with the Jax Chamber. State Senator Aaron Bean, City Council President Anna Brosche and School Board Member Lori Hershey gave opening remarks at…

A line of excited children and patient grandparents stretched from the cafeteria all the way to the street for RCSA Elementary’s parent breakfast. But for one family, the breakfast was even more special. All five generations of women were present. First graders Lexine and Maxine Doit were joined by their mother, grandmother, great grandmother and…

Dear Survivor. That is how 6th and 7th grade students at River City Science Academy- Mandarin addressed cards they wrote Monday to send to Las Vegas following Sunday night’s massacre. Their teacher, Ashley Hiorns, asked her world history and civics students to write cards to the injured victims in Las Vegas. Her nephew is one…

School Board Member Lori Hershey wanted to hear what all the talk is about. She heard families were pulling their children out of other excellent public schools to move them to a new school- RCSA Mandarin. She came to see the school herself and find out why. Student tour guides showed Hershey around the brand…

Scott Shine got an inside look at RCSA Elementary Tuesday. The District 2 Duval County School Board member visited the Elementary school for the first time. Two student tour guides led him first to the 3-6 STEM and computer lab to show off one of their favorite school features- the 3D printer. Shine heard more…

Dozens of families joined RCSA Innovation staff Sunday for a Family Welcome Picnic. The picnic drew hundreds for an afternoon of family fun. Students, siblings, parents, teachers and staff met at the 9A/Baymeadows Regional Park for an afternoon of food and fun. School staff fired up the grills for a delicious barbecue feast, with many…